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; \i L4 V: <. ¿• '4• K#v ?' '*• *W '4V ►. 1Ii j 1V \ i<■ i ♦; J.K . >On Tuesday• * AHemphill county voters, go-ing to the polls in strictlylimited numbers Tuesday,gave almost 10-to-l approvalto the lone constitutionalamendment submitted at thespecial election.Only 149 votes were cast in•the county's twelve votingprecincts . . . about half ofthem at the two Canadianboxes.The vote was 133 in favorof the proposed amendment,and 16 opposing itThe amendment, providingfor state aid to Texas resi-dents between the ages of 18and 65 who are permanentlyand totally disabled becauseof mental or physical handi-caps, carried easily in lightvoting across the state.Closing the last gap in thestate's cradle-to-grave socialsecurity program the amend-ment provides for welfare as-sistance to those citizens notcovered by child-welfare orold-age assistance programs.State contributions wouldbe limited to a maximum of520 per month per person, butthe amendment also author-izes the State to accept fed-eral aid. Cost of the programto the State was estimated at$1,500,000 a year.The amendment carried inevery voting box in this coun-ty, but voting was extremelylight. In two boxes, No. 6(Hart) and No. 12 (LoneStar)the only votes cast were bythe election officials ... threein each case.In Precinct 1 (Canadian)the vote was 44 for the amend-ment, 5 against; and in pre-cinct 2 (Canadian) 22 votedfor the amendment, noneagainst.In Precinct 4, the vote was7 to 0; in Precinct 5 it was10 to 2; in Precinct Six 3 to 0;in Precinct Seven 10 to 0; inPrecinct Eight 2 to 4; in Pre-cinct Nine 10 to 2; in PrecinctTen 10 to 0; in Precinct Eleven4 to 0; in Precinct Twelve 3to 0; and in Precinct Thirteen5 to 3.Basketball-(Continued from Page 1)will be played at Memphis onJanuary 8.The conference schedulecontinues with games at Clar-endon on January 15, withMcLean here on January 18,with Lefors here on January22, with Memphis here onJanuary 25, with Clarendonhere on February 1, with Mc-Lean at McLean on February5 and with Lefors at Leforson February 8.A non-conference game withWheeler here is slated on Jan-uary 29.Watt for the first 25 kilo-watts, 4 cents per kilowatt forthe next 100 kilowatts, 3 centsper kilowatt for Die next 100kilowatts, 2 cents per kilo-watt for the next 1,525 kilo-watts) and 1% cents per kilo-watt for the next 1750 kilo-watts.The i>ew rate represents acompromise between the oldlight rate and the lower do-mestic power rate which willaverage out to a suBstantialsaving for many home users,City Commissioners said. Sav-ings will be smaller for thosewho have already been takingfull advantage of the domes-tic power rate.Reductions have also beenmade in business light andpower rates, which will re-main on the two-meter sys-tem. For the new schedules,see table on page 1.At homes where two metersare already installed, the twometers will be wired togetherso that all electricity usedwill be registered on one me-ter wherever possible. In someinstances wherp the two me-ters are so located that theycannot be wired together, me-ter readers will continue toread both meters for the timebeing, but will total the read-ings for billing at the singlerate.•Page One Must-(Continued from Page 1)bingo games next Saturdayafternoon, November 17, im-mediately following the Ap-preciation Day Drawing atCity Hall. Senior band mem-bers will also conduct a cook-ed-food sale at the City Hallduring the auction.Mothers Meeting will beheld in the WCTU BuildingWednesday, Nov. 21. Hostesseswill be Mesdames F. D. Teas,W. W. Owens, Isaac Simpson,M. H. Smith, T. W. Newton,and W. R. Hines. The programwill be a travelogue narratedby H. S. Wilbur, who willshow movies of his tripthrough the northwest lastsummer.New Arrival Out-of-Town: Ason, Victor, bom November 8at Tampa, Florida, to Mr. andMrs. Andy Eubank. Mr. andMrs. N. C. Pyeatt are the proudgrandparents.In the hospital today: Mrs.Nannie White, Mrs. W. J. Co-natser, Mrs. W. O. Barton,Preston Hutton, Mrs. ClarenceBriggs, Mrs. Bill Mathews, LeoHiller, Jim Poindexter.Bill Job Jr., who has beenseriously ill in a Lubbock hos-pital with a virus infection, isreported today to be recover-ing and "getting along fine."Bill Job returned from Lub-bock Wednesday night. Mrs.Job, who rushed to Lubbock'4-.,W. S. Nix HeldHere Thursday!Last rites for W. S. Nix ofDalhart, 81-year old father ofClarence Nix of Canadian,were conducted here lastThursday afternoon at theFirst Methodist Church, withRev. T. G. Craft, pastor, incharge.Burial was in the Canadiancemetery.Mr. Nix died at Amarillo'sNorthwest Texas Hospital onSunday evening, November 4,of a heart attack followingsurgery.William Springfield Nix wasa native of Georgia, born inCooke county on July 26, 1875.He moved with his family toTexas in 1913, and was anearly settler near the town ofOld Ochiltree in Ochiltreecounty.He was a retired farmer,and had served Canadian ascity marshal before moving toDalhart about twenty yearsago. He was a member of theFirst Methodist Church.Surviving him are his wife,Irene, of Dalhart; five sons,Clarence Nix of Canadian, Jul-ian Nix of Amarillo, John Nixof Mia Loma, California,Spence Nix of San Francisco,and Garnett Nix of WichitaFalls; and eight grandchil-dren, including Mrs. HomerSanders of Canadian.Pallbearers at the funeralservices were Perry Hazle-wood, Frank Cole, J. B. Lind-ley, Harry Rathjen, Clark Rea-gan, and Claude Jones.Graveside RitesFor Harrell BabyHeld on TuesdayGraveside rites for RickyLynn Harrell, infant son ofMr. and Mrs. Charlie Harrell,were conducted Tuesdaymorning at ten o'clock at theCanadian cemetery.Rev. H. A. Wilson, pastor ofthe Assembly of God Church,conducted the services. Burialwas under the direction ofStickley Funeral Home.The baby, born at HemphillCounty Memorial Hospital onNovember 11, died the follow-ing day.Surviving are the parents,four sisters, Jean, Patricia,Gaye and Phyllis, and twobrothers, Kenneth and Gary.———PAGE: :v-WE ARE NOW DISPLAYING A LIMITED NUMBER OFWHITE & WYCKOFF'S"Personally Yours//Christmas CardsThese Are New and Unique Designs,Attractively Boxed in Sets of 25, andPriced from $1.50 to $3.00 per Box.No More Than 100 of Any Design Will Be SoldYou'll Also Want to See the New White & WyckoffChristmas Notes ... 50c per box of 10and Our Complete New Line ofWhite & Wyckoff Gift StationeryThe Canadian Record..vmIfm Ü '"«r* 1BUICK'S DREAM CAR—The Buick Super four-door hard-top, picturedabove, is typical of the 1957 Buick line which is being displayed thisweek at Canadian Motor Company.New Buicks Are Now onDisplay at Canadian MotorNow on display at Canadi-an Motor Company are the1957 Buicks. The new Buicklinp was unveiled at the Ca-nadian Motor Company show-rooms last Friday.The new line features all-new roomier bodies, designedin smart new "dream-car"styling, new and more power-ful V-8 engines, and a com-pletely new chassis with im-proved ride handling.All of the new cars havebeen reduced in height—someof them as much as three andthree - eighths inches lowerthan last year—without anysacrifice in ground clearanceor headroom.The variable • pitch Dyna-flow transmission is contin-ued as standard equipment onthe Roadmaster, Super andCentury and optional on theSpecial.The new styling presentsdramatic new front and reardesign, bigger panoramicwindshields with a more rak-ish slant to the pillars, newbumpers both front and rear,and three-piece back windowson the Special, Century andRoadmaster.The new front end designfeatures a grille with finevertical bars of die-cast zincchromed and polished to ahigh luster. A red, white andblue medallion, with wingsextending from either side, iscentered in the grille. Themedallion is emblazoned withthe figures 1-9-5-7, followingthe custom Buick introducedlast year of putting the modelyear on Its cars.The hood line has beenlowered and the fender linesraised, accentuating the long,low silhouette, and also pro-viding better visibility.The lower silhouette of thenew Buicks was made possibleby changing the frame de-sign to permit the body tonestle between the side rails.Two entirely new featureshave been incorporated in thefront end suspension systemfor 1957.For the first time a ball-joint suspension is used, im-proving the stability of thecar on corners and curves, anda new anti-dive device re-duces front end dive on faststops by approximately 60 percent.Coll springs both front andrear are continued on allmodels.John JL MillerDies Saturday; 1Rites on TuesdayFuneral services for JohnAnderson Miller, 68-year oldCanadian resident, were con-ducted Tuesday afternoon atthree o'clock at the StickleyFuneral Chapel.Jim Mitchell, minister ofthe First Christian Church,conducted the services. Inter-ment was in the Canadiancemetery.Mr. Miller was born in Mis-souri on December 30, 1888,and died in Canadian Satur-day, November 10.He is survived by fivedaughters and two sons.Hospital-(Continued from Page 1)month by State Inspector Jo-seph A. Lilli of Austin.Lilli, who made a one-dayinspection of the hospitalhere, had praised the condi-tion and operation of the hos-pital highly; but recommend-ed replacement of the tilefloors in the operating roomswith terrazo.FLOYD V. STUDERDistrict Superintendent612-616 Amarillo Bldg.AMARILLO, TEXAS38 Years Continuous ServicewithThe American UnitedLife Insurance Co.Indianapolis. IndianaAn 80 year old Legal ReserveCompany with 40 yean ofuninterrupted service InThe Texas PanhandleHOBART B. McMORDXELocal RepresentativeWe. Qet it!UU&Oatit/by plane Sunday night, is re-maining there with her son.John Caylor, who underwentsurgery at McBride's Clinic InOklahoma City October 31,was brought to the HemphillCounty Hospital here today,and is reported to be doingwell.x-x-x;xx-x-xYou know all that talk you've been hearingabout the 1957 new car models being reallynew?Well, in the case of the 1957 Buicks it's true —gospel true.We mean these 1957 Buicks are new in theprecise and literal sense.We mean new from the ground up, and fromgleaming grille to sassy taillights.We mean new lowness, new styling, new bodies,new windshields, new controls, new safety-padded instrument panels, new safety steeringwheels, new seating, new fabrics, new colors.We mean new front end, new rear end, newframe, new braking, new steering, new handling,new riding, new readability—a whole new chassisof greater solidity and safety.We mean V8 engines new from the crankshaftup —engines that deliver an all-time high inhorsepower and compression from their 364-cubic-inch displacement.And we mean, most of all, an advanced newVariable Pitch Dynaflow*—so instant in the start'ing range—so utterly smooth and so totally full'range in "Drive" — that your need for "Low" ispractically eliminated.So come take in these low-silhouette, theseboldly beautiful, these instantly obedient Buicksfor 1957.Then you'll see why you can't blame us for beingso fired up about it all — and how catching thisexcitement can be.*Netv Advanced Variable Pitch Dynaftow it the only DynaflotvBuick builds today. It is standard on Roadmaster, Super andCentury—optional at modest extra cost, on the Special.1957 BUICKNow on DisplayAlffOMOilUS AM BUtlT BUICK Will BUI1D THCM*CANADIAN MOTOR COMPANYill 8. tad